Michael Johns, ‘Twisted Comedy and Hypnosis’, Live At Casino Hollywood August 22

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San Felipe Casino Hollywood is presenting showcase entertainer Michael Johns ‘Twisted Comedy and Hypnosis’ at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday, August 22, 2012 in the company’s Celebrity Showroom. The casino is located along I-25, exit 252, at 25 Hagon Road Algodones, NM 87001. San Felipe Casino Hollywood is a featured business on Hutton Broadcasting radio stations. Hutton Broadcasting is the parent company of SantaFe.com

Michael Johns, ‘Twisted Comedy and Hypnosis’, Live At Casino Hollywood August 22

“I think inside everybody there’s this person that wants to be in front of people and just wants to cut loose. I think that’s what hypnosis gives you,” said Michael Johns

Michael Johns ‘Twisted Comedy Hypnosis’: When standing in front of a room full of strangers you probably wouldn’t act out your audition for a role in an adult film, but at a live hypnosis show, behavior like this can make you a star. Hypnosis shows are the only ones in town that encourage audience members to lose their inhibitions on stage. What better place to do this than at San Felipe’s Casino Hollywood?

“I think inside everybody there’s this person that wants to be in front of people and just wants to cut loose. I think that’s what hypnosis gives you,” said Michael Johns, a comedian and hypnotist who co-hosts “Hypnosis Unleashed” at the Tropicana with Terry Stokes. “It gives you the opportunity to be a part of the show and get up there and have a little fun. It gives you a license to do goofy things that you probably would not have done before.”

Michael Johns began his comedy career long before he realized he could actually be paid for it. Always the class clown, Michael’s antics (read: poor behavior) kept his instructors on their toes and kept him in the principal’s office.

Growing up in the Midwest, Michael had many opportunities to pick up new material. From his typically dysfunctional family to his pickup driving, hillbilly friends — the act practically wrote itself.

After leaving high school, Michael joined the U.S. Army, where he served in several units including the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell, Ky., and The United Nations Command Honor Guard in Seoul, Korea.

While Michael was performing as a standup comedian, he volunteered for a hypnosis show and woke up two hours later with his pants around his ankles and abusing a chair. From that point on, he added his comedic skills to hypnosis to entertain audiences. Michael has performed his comedic hypnosis shows nationally and internationally at places such as Sturgis, cruise ships, casinos, colleges and Las Vegas In 2004, started his comedy hypnosis show at Bourbon Street Hotel & Casino, which was the start of a successful run in Las Vegas that has included shows at the Empire Ballroom, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort, the Stardust Hotel & Casino and the Tropicana before landing at the Harmon Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort, where he performs nightly.

Michael travels the world as a motivational speaker and entertainer for corporate events, colleges and more. He has a soft spot in his heart for dogs, and spends much of his free time rescuing pooches from kill shelters through Bound Angels and Pet Connect Us, including his lovable pal Bongo, a Jack Russell terrier.

Tickets to the show are on sale at San Felipe Casino Hollywood and at HoldMyTickets.com. All seats are General Admission and you must be 21 years or older to attend the show.